• Gravitywell.xYz@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Richmond-Upon-Thames Council has now said said it had cancelled the fine as it was “likely” that Ms Yesilyurt’s appeal would have been successful.

    Sounds like everyone involved knows this is a stupid law.

  • radix@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    We are committed to protecting Richmond’s waterways

    Wouldn’t want all that street runoff - full of dirt, oil, animal droppings, and who knows what else - to be contaminated by a little caffeine.

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        3 hours ago

        Can’t contaminate the motor oil, soot, rubber, broken glass, microplastics, litter, and accidentally-spilled coffee with purposely-spilled coffee! I hope the enforcement officers didn’t damage their pearls, or let them slip into the drain, from all that clutching.

        More seriously, this smacks of citation quotas to me.